Terms Used In Alaska Statutes > Title 45 > Chapter 7 > Article 4 - Warehouse Receipts and Bills of Lading: General Obligations

• bailee: means a person who, by a warehouse receipt, bill of lading, or other document of title, acknowledges possession of goods and contracts to deliver them. See Alaska Statutes 45.07.112
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• goods: means all things that are treated as movable for the purposes of a contract for storage or transportation. See Alaska Statutes 45.07.112
• issuer: includes a person for whom an agent or employee purports to act in issuing a document if the agent or employee has real or apparent authority to issue documents, even if the issuer did not receive the goods, the goods were misdescribed, or in another respect the agent or employee violated the issuer's instructions. See Alaska Statutes 45.07.112
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• warehouse: means a person engaged in the business of storing goods for hire. See Alaska Statutes 45.07.112